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relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how the administration intends to deal with the drc government. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the insecurity in the eastern congo beyond the government and the militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo, and justifiably so. in light of their recent seizure of territory and overall destructive impact on the people of eastern congo. there are as many as two dozen armed groups terrorizing congolese in this region. according to a report, nine of these militias are believed to be the most prominent. they range from those with a focus on rwanda or you uganda to those formed in response of the flight of the 1994 genocide in rwanda to the drc or those singularly focused on the drc itself. whatever the reason for their founding, these militias have terrorized the people of the eastern congo and the drc as a whole. we must identify their support base and then the flow of arms and other aid that
relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how the administration intends to deal with the drc government. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the insecurity in the eastern congo beyond the government and the militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo, and justifiably so. in light of their recent seizure of territory and overall destructive impact on the people of eastern congo. there are as many as two dozen armed...
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i tell the rwanda story first all. it's the most clear picture that we get about how mass media can be so effective. one radio station that would disseminating these kinds of messages. it flipped to society. all societies have ranker. and societies have a -- [inaudible] but how do you get a brother to kill a brother? or how do you get a husband to kale wife in the name of -- to kill a wife in the name of some cause. or doctors to kill their patients or teachers to kill their students? set them all on fire? that's a hard task. and it wasn't unique to rwanda that people who were turning on each other and turning each other in. it was in bosnia, best men at each other's weddings. families breaking up because there were intermanages in these indications. i meant to turn my time on, i didn't. i'm going to do that right now. oops. so what happens in genocide situation? it's not media alone, obviously. there's always a crisis situation, right? but crises can be resolved and cooperative ways. they don't always mean that you're
i tell the rwanda story first all. it's the most clear picture that we get about how mass media can be so effective. one radio station that would disseminating these kinds of messages. it flipped to society. all societies have ranker. and societies have a -- [inaudible] but how do you get a brother to kill a brother? or how do you get a husband to kale wife in the name of -- to kill a wife in the name of some cause. or doctors to kill their patients or teachers to kill their students? set them...
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i'm clear, rwanda has been a continues to be a success story of a country that has gone from genocide and disaster to being a role model for development and lifting people out of poverty in africa. and i'm proud of the fact the last government and this government have continued to invest in that success. on an equally clear that we should be very frank and very firm with the president and the rwanda the regime that we do not accept they should be supporting militias in the congo or elsewhere. i've raised this issue personally with the president by continue to believe that investing in rwanda's success is one of those countries in africa additionally you can break the cycle of poverty, you can improve conditions where people. it's something that we were right to do. >> today, the unemployment figures show a reduction of 62000 the number of 16-24-year-olds out of work for three months of august. and the employment is now the highest level since records began in 1971. i'm sure the prime minister will want to commend the economic policies of this government to the whole house. >> my frien
i'm clear, rwanda has been a continues to be a success story of a country that has gone from genocide and disaster to being a role model for development and lifting people out of poverty in africa. and i'm proud of the fact the last government and this government have continued to invest in that success. on an equally clear that we should be very frank and very firm with the president and the rwanda the regime that we do not accept they should be supporting militias in the congo or elsewhere....
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even in rwanda. even in the holocaust. certainly in bosnia there were dissenters who were rescuing the other and they were defying and risking their lives to rescue the other. my own family if it weren't for their turkish neighbors who warned them probably wouldn't have made it. and that is true time and again for many families. for the vast majority this group phenomenon starts to take over. there is a phenomenon called mountain spacing on it as i come across the. we have mob behavior and groupthink and intergroup relations. when you go to a ball game and the bad guy gets a point and everybody gets really upset about it that is an intergroup emotion. what happens when these emotions gets swept in? they have an automatic behavior policy to them so anger has a need to resolve. resentment has a need to change this. hatred has a need to destroy the other. rage -- these emotions take over in these periods when the story is told that it is unjust. this isn't the only story. in rwanda's twin called burundi, love to talk about bu
even in rwanda. even in the holocaust. certainly in bosnia there were dissenters who were rescuing the other and they were defying and risking their lives to rescue the other. my own family if it weren't for their turkish neighbors who warned them probably wouldn't have made it. and that is true time and again for many families. for the vast majority this group phenomenon starts to take over. there is a phenomenon called mountain spacing on it as i come across the. we have mob behavior and...
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it was in rwanda. it wasn't a free media. it was a media operated by a particular ideological group. it was privately held. it wasn't government. we can't say government media bad. in some cases, government media can actually do god thing. the bbc is mostly great. not so great in the northern ireland case and lot of other ways. with if slips, and i didn't mean imply that in rwanda it didn't flip. it gradually went there and of it the same thing in nazi germany. the flip in rwanda was when in plane went down that all the blame landed on the one group of people for taking the plane down and then it became increasingly hateful in the message. and usually it's gradual. nazi germany was gradual. take these rights away. take more rights away, call them awful names. isolate them in to the corner in these ghettos and, you know, gofer it by saying they're destroying humanity. they're part of international spears. start killing them and maybe don't tell anybody because a lot of what was going on in the nazi germany press they were just
it was in rwanda. it wasn't a free media. it was a media operated by a particular ideological group. it was privately held. it wasn't government. we can't say government media bad. in some cases, government media can actually do god thing. the bbc is mostly great. not so great in the northern ireland case and lot of other ways. with if slips, and i didn't mean imply that in rwanda it didn't flip. it gradually went there and of it the same thing in nazi germany. the flip in rwanda was when in...
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the short-term deal with generous to rwanda. the congolese officers, particularly in rwanda and its own officers who took control over much of the army in eastern congo. paradoxically the rebels have also complained of a pervasive corruption within the congolese army. nevertheless, as the most powerful commanders in the drc, they were some of the worst perpetrators of racketeering. moreover, the rebels have claimed discrimination of the officers within the army and the killing of the former officers within redeployed outside. while certain historical animosities cannot be denied, dozens of senior officers and over four-fifths have chosen not to join the rebellion. in recent months m23 is increasing claim they want to redo the discredited 2011 presidential election. nevertheless, a political party had in fact join the presidential electoral line and many top m23 commanders order should massive fraud on his behalf. if it's not nearly the claims of the march 23, 2000 agreement or good governancgovernanc e, human rights, then what d
the short-term deal with generous to rwanda. the congolese officers, particularly in rwanda and its own officers who took control over much of the army in eastern congo. paradoxically the rebels have also complained of a pervasive corruption within the congolese army. nevertheless, as the most powerful commanders in the drc, they were some of the worst perpetrators of racketeering. moreover, the rebels have claimed discrimination of the officers within the army and the killing of the former...
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but the nation's outside rwanda, the people outside rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. what that something would be, i do not know. >> host: would ease but to the government in your phone call with had a state. rwanda was staffing to what indeed -- what was it is said to you? >> the ambassadors here. the think the reason, first of all, we think vetted come back which invariably meant to, we don't have the resources. we'll have the men to go. you never really get the positive response needed to deal to take on the force. and at that time the canadian military adviser in the department of peacekeeping. we have a system for the source arrangements. we had approached each government test in time of crisis if we were to approach of , what would you do? some say we will give of italian. others said effete hospital. others said we would give you a patrol car. so he came back to me and said, sir, we tested the system. a very effective. it worked well. at least we know that we are getting nothing. his reaction. and, of course, if they don't want to give them
but the nation's outside rwanda, the people outside rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. what that something would be, i do not know. >> host: would ease but to the government in your phone call with had a state. rwanda was staffing to what indeed -- what was it is said to you? >> the ambassadors here. the think the reason, first of all, we think vetted come back which invariably meant to, we don't have the resources. we'll have the men to go. you never...
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relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how to evisceration tends to deal with the drc government invited his deficiencies and security sector reform. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the security and eastern congo beyond the two government and militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo justifiably so. in light of the recent seizure territory and overall destructive impacts on the people of eastern congo. however their are reportedly as many as two dozen armed groups terrorizing congolese in these regions. according to a 20 subreport, commodities of war, nine of these militias are believed to be the most permanent. they range from those for the focus on rwanda or uganda, today was formed in response to perpetrators for a genocide in rwanda to the dear the ortho singly focused on the drc itself. whatever the region for their founding, their terrorist eastern congo and the drc as a whole. we consider the flow of arms that enables
relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how to evisceration tends to deal with the drc government invited his deficiencies and security sector reform. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the security and eastern congo beyond the two government and militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo justifiably so. in light of the recent seizure territory and overall destructive impacts on the people of eastern congo. however...
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in the investigations that i had gone to do on rwanda and rwanda in particular said that the only reason for failure was lack of will to act a day when we look at this, since we also have to consider context and taking enough time to answer your question because i think it's important -- and somalia where president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry samoans, it was an incredible and noble initiative. he did it at the time of the elections and he was leaving office, but he took that decision and the soldiers went in and did whatever they could. of course, this mollies were fighting in unresisting, and sometimes you have food in warehouses, but you couldn't get it to the people. so they came in and broke up that locked down so that we could feed the people. and then they threw in the operation, black hawk was shut down and the u.s. relinquished troops. but the troops let somalia were not as the u.s. troops. almost every western government withdrew their troops. they let somalia, the best armed troops. in the end, we had to close it down because it collapsed. this wa
in the investigations that i had gone to do on rwanda and rwanda in particular said that the only reason for failure was lack of will to act a day when we look at this, since we also have to consider context and taking enough time to answer your question because i think it's important -- and somalia where president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry samoans, it was an incredible and noble initiative. he did it at the time of the elections and he was leaving office, but...
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but in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and also bosnia and rwanda in particular said there was a reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these, we have to consider context. i'm taking a tough time to answer your question. i think it's important that the in somalia, where the president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry somalis, it was an incredible noble initiative. he it it at the time of the elections. and the soldiers went in and did whatever they could. of course, the somalis were fight and resisting and sometimes you had food in warehouses, but you couldn't get to the people. they came in and broke up that lock jam so that we can feed the people. and then they -- the operation [inaudible] and u.s. troops. but the troops which lead somalia were not just the u.s. troops, almost every western government withdrew their troops. the best troops left somalia. and in the end, we collapsed. we had to close the operation down. there was the end of the '93 and beginning of '94, spring of '94 we had rue wan dpa. wh
but in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and also bosnia and rwanda in particular said there was a reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these, we have to consider context. i'm taking a tough time to answer your question. i think it's important that the in somalia, where the president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry somalis, it was an incredible noble initiative. he it it at the time of the elections. and the...
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i don't think it would have had that much impact on the people in rwanda but the people outside of rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. something would have been, i do not know. >> host: when you spoke to the government with the heads of state and rwanda was starting to unfold, you knew the massacre was happening, what was that they said to you, their reason for not giving troops? >> guest: i spoke to the ambassador so often the reason is that first evolved we will think about it and people come back, which invariably meant no. we don't have the resources or we are overstretched and we don't have the men to go in. and you never really got a positive response you needed to be able to build a force and in fact at that time i had a canadian military adviser in the department of peacekeeping, and we had come up with a system that we called the standby forces arrangement where we had approached each government to ask, in a time of crisis, if we were to approach you, what would you do? what would you give? some said we would give battalion or they said a field hospital
i don't think it would have had that much impact on the people in rwanda but the people outside of rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. something would have been, i do not know. >> host: when you spoke to the government with the heads of state and rwanda was starting to unfold, you knew the massacre was happening, what was that they said to you, their reason for not giving troops? >> guest: i spoke to the ambassador so often the reason is that first evolved...
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it is not unique to rwanda but bosnia. best men at each other's weddings. i meant to turn on my time. i did not. i meant to what happens with genocidal in for rick -- situation? there is always a crisis. it could be resolved it doesn't always mean you turn on the other. often and there is the vicious leader. in nazi germany and weeders are nothing without followers. it those did with the story. in rwanda there was a crisis situation the incident where the plane was shot down bet and radio station that had been around, but the real station that had political commentary then it would is more vicious targeting for annihilation blaming them for all of the problems. pt them as the invader and is soiling the land and the worst part if you don't kill them first, they will kill you. win them message comes through the radius station in rwanda, one message. not countered by other media. people got these assiduous over and over and they started to believe them that the neighbor was coming after them. they thought if they did not kill they would be killed more rivera d
it is not unique to rwanda but bosnia. best men at each other's weddings. i meant to turn on my time. i did not. i meant to what happens with genocidal in for rick -- situation? there is always a crisis. it could be resolved it doesn't always mean you turn on the other. often and there is the vicious leader. in nazi germany and weeders are nothing without followers. it those did with the story. in rwanda there was a crisis situation the incident where the plane was shot down bet and radio...
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the person cannot really stop the genocide in rwanda by themselves. and i think -- are not saying that we should, you know, disavow any knowledge and sort of put our heads in the sand. but i am seeing their wages started home. i saying be more concerned by your spouse and barack obama. be more concerned about your neighborhood this year member of congress. be more concerned about the school that your kid goes to then whether or not you live in this wing stay or how many republicans live there, how many democrats. of we all have a good idea. teefifteen in your research to define differences in terms of how different generations concelebration billion under being more. the second is common to you think that people who were born today exposed to an informational aggressive environmental actually be a will to conceal our rivera asseveration in a heavyweight with their 15 god 20, 30 years old. >> in the narrative of this in the book, the generational difference. i didn't do it on purpose. we have this sort of weird are right, susan that we are somehow bett
the person cannot really stop the genocide in rwanda by themselves. and i think -- are not saying that we should, you know, disavow any knowledge and sort of put our heads in the sand. but i am seeing their wages started home. i saying be more concerned by your spouse and barack obama. be more concerned about your neighborhood this year member of congress. be more concerned about the school that your kid goes to then whether or not you live in this wing stay or how many republicans live there,...
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i went to rwanda to work specifically with unaccompanied children. these were kids who have lost their parents during the genocide or had been separated from their parents during the refugee movement. again, i asked in the years to think about their own experience and to imagine themselves, if they were a rwandan refugee child who was living together, who was living in the camp. these four boys were part of a group of 15 boys that were all living together and alone in the refugee camp. as to the readers to imagine themselves as part of this group . you have learned what you need to do to survive. you have created a shelter for yourself. you're healthier than so many others. you grab food and water when it's given out, citing similar for all of the supply runs dry. one day you lie in the shadows beneath a blue tarp that stands between you and the blazing sun. you hear a sound. you roll over and press your hands against her years, but it reaches you still. it is a little child crying. the rise and leave the comfort of the shade. in front of your shelte
i went to rwanda to work specifically with unaccompanied children. these were kids who have lost their parents during the genocide or had been separated from their parents during the refugee movement. again, i asked in the years to think about their own experience and to imagine themselves, if they were a rwandan refugee child who was living together, who was living in the camp. these four boys were part of a group of 15 boys that were all living together and alone in the refugee camp. as to...
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diplomat in the rwanda -- during the rwanda genocide where 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. our deputy assistant secretary for african affairs had the cell phone numbers of the perpetrators and would call them up. she would set her alarm for 2:00 in the morning and say colonel, i want you to know if you don't stop the genocide, the president will hold you personally responsible. she was total smoke and mirrors. the president had not given her any such instructions. they are nameable, they are findable and they are stopable. but it's not something we have chosen to make a priority just yet. >> you often tell the stories in here with a person and one of those is henry. who was he and what's the story around him? >> henry is my first, what i come to call upstander. this is a book by about bistanding. it's told through the incredible struggles of upstanders, people who stand up in or outside the system. he was the u.s. ambassador in constantinople when the turks began to systematically deport and murder and destroy their army and minority. what's interesting about him is number
diplomat in the rwanda -- during the rwanda genocide where 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. our deputy assistant secretary for african affairs had the cell phone numbers of the perpetrators and would call them up. she would set her alarm for 2:00 in the morning and say colonel, i want you to know if you don't stop the genocide, the president will hold you personally responsible. she was total smoke and mirrors. the president had not given her any such instructions. they are nameable,...
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that rwanda has in eastern congo. cultural ties and security interests that they would be able to ensure, including other political dissidents. however, that being said, you noted basing that determination, the peace process would have to find a way of to identify a solution which appears to appeal to their long-term objective. in order for them to stop. i am not convinced that anything less at this stage than something close to that long-term objective would cause them to stop. however, if that solution is identified, there could be some kind of decentralization process and the implementation of that agreement will require significant accompaniment and tremendous investment, not only from the united states, but other members of the international community to reinforce the capacity of the countries and perhaps external control and manipulation. that will be, as i say, realistically one of the keys moving forward from this current crisis and it requires a very long-term commitment to building up an economically and ind
that rwanda has in eastern congo. cultural ties and security interests that they would be able to ensure, including other political dissidents. however, that being said, you noted basing that determination, the peace process would have to find a way of to identify a solution which appears to appeal to their long-term objective. in order for them to stop. i am not convinced that anything less at this stage than something close to that long-term objective would cause them to stop. however, if...
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rwanda. i was working in rwanda in 1995 couple months after the genocide many of you remember between 800,000 to a million people were killed. i went through to work specifically with unaccompanied children. these are kids who have lost their parents during the genocide or been separated from their parents during the refugee movement. again i asked young leaders to think about their own experience and imagine themselves if they were up rwanda refugee child who was living in the camp. these four boys you are looking at were part of a group of 15 boys who were all living together and alone in a refugee camp. i asked readers to imagine themselves as part of this group. you learned what you need to do to survive. you created a shelter for yourself. you were healthier than so many at is an grab food and water when it was given out, hiding them away for when the supply runs dry. one day as you lie in the shadows of the knee that stand between you and the blazing sun you hear a sound. rollover and p
rwanda. i was working in rwanda in 1995 couple months after the genocide many of you remember between 800,000 to a million people were killed. i went through to work specifically with unaccompanied children. these are kids who have lost their parents during the genocide or been separated from their parents during the refugee movement. again i asked young leaders to think about their own experience and imagine themselves if they were up rwanda refugee child who was living in the camp. these four...
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uganda, rwanda, and the drc are treat fairly. that they're not subject to harassment and intimidation and human rights violences. there has has been a deep concern that many rwanda speakers have been disadvantaged in the eastern congo. and thirdly, they would like to see the issue of refugee resettlement taken care of. they're continuing to exist a large number of congo who are in refugee camps in rwanda, and the region who should be allowed to go -- back to the east. all of these are things that motivate their interest in the area. >> thank you. all right. i have one more question. we've been joined by congresswoman. i want to ask a unanimous consent that noncommittee members be allowed to participate. after all committee members had an opportunity to ask questions that the chairman will permit. >> no objections. >> thank you. the question on the other side, is whatever role they may be playing that the drc is mainly the source of the problem. they cannot provide adequate security in the region. you mentioned in the efforts to t
uganda, rwanda, and the drc are treat fairly. that they're not subject to harassment and intimidation and human rights violences. there has has been a deep concern that many rwanda speakers have been disadvantaged in the eastern congo. and thirdly, they would like to see the issue of refugee resettlement taken care of. they're continuing to exist a large number of congo who are in refugee camps in rwanda, and the region who should be allowed to go -- back to the east. all of these are things...
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one of the places i take them to is rwanda. there were many people, between 800,000, that were killed during rwanda. i met children who have lost their parents during the genocide and had been separated from them during the refugee movement. i asked the young leaders to think about their own experience -- some refugees were living in the camp. these four boys were looking out for those who were living together in a refugee camp. they were part of the screw. you learn what you need to do to survive. you created a shelter for yourself. you grab food and water when it's given out. especially when the supply runs dry. one day, if you lie in the shadows between you and the blazing sun, you hear a sound. you roll over and pressed her hands against your ears, but the sound reaches the still ended it's a little child crying. you rise and leave the comfort of the shade and in front of your shelter, their stance to little boys. they are barely clothed with dust on their faces. they stand there with their mouths open like baby birds. you
one of the places i take them to is rwanda. there were many people, between 800,000, that were killed during rwanda. i met children who have lost their parents during the genocide and had been separated from them during the refugee movement. i asked the young leaders to think about their own experience -- some refugees were living in the camp. these four boys were looking out for those who were living together in a refugee camp. they were part of the screw. you learn what you need to do to...
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and the book tries to explain both in rwanda where our make sure were. it really provides an insider's view within the united states government of where we were going wrong step-by-step and so genocide unfolded. >> what the bulk of the book is creating these bunlz to try the perpetrators of the crimes that you just outlined and i think william alluded to this in his discussion of nuremberg you can look back at these events with kind of rose colored glasses but when you get into the weeds they're very messy complicated political bargaining behind all of it which i think really is one of the themes of your book. and i'm wondering if you could just expand upon that a little bit and tell us from your perspective what did you find -- why it was so difficult to achieve what really all good people want which is justice, to punish the perpetrator. >> recognize, michael, in 1993 and '94 in particular when this started we had gone 40 years since nuremberg and tokyo without any international criminal tribunals and, quite frankly, nuremberg was sort of the fading di
and the book tries to explain both in rwanda where our make sure were. it really provides an insider's view within the united states government of where we were going wrong step-by-step and so genocide unfolded. >> what the bulk of the book is creating these bunlz to try the perpetrators of the crimes that you just outlined and i think william alluded to this in his discussion of nuremberg you can look back at these events with kind of rose colored glasses but when you get into the weeds...
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, rwanda was a nonpermanent member on the security council in 1994. so the new government was actually at the negotiating table right across from me throughout all of these discussions. i had to negotiate with the rwandan government as to the composition of the international tribunal for rwanda. that wasn't the case for yugoslavia. they were not across the table from us. their conflict was raging at that point. it was a much more complex political dynamic that demanded at times compromise but also it demanded a sense of political will internationally to stand firm, to build institutions of high credibility and independence. and that created, you know, a long experience of negotiation and of -- of trying to corral the international community around the creation of courts that really needed the support of the international community to be successful. >> now, the other major institution which you discussed in your book is the international criminal court and you were the lead u.s. negotiator in negotiating in rome the statute that led to the creation of
, rwanda was a nonpermanent member on the security council in 1994. so the new government was actually at the negotiating table right across from me throughout all of these discussions. i had to negotiate with the rwandan government as to the composition of the international tribunal for rwanda. that wasn't the case for yugoslavia. they were not across the table from us. their conflict was raging at that point. it was a much more complex political dynamic that demanded at times compromise but...
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the question though is not dissimilar from what we faced in rwanda. who will send the troops, and the african unef policy certain number of trips. we have not exactly committed numbers of troops and the whole question is who will sit in the troops. i may go on a minute about this because i teach a course at the university georgetown called the national security toolbox and we have looked at a whole host of ways that policy has carried out. and yesterday i was lecturing on the role of peacekeeping, and with the role of it is and what the united states supported oming and you would think thatg the u.n. was out there marauding all over the place and that the u.s. was a major contributor to the troops in peacekeeping ari operations. there are a maximum 400 americans serving in about 17 peacekeeping operations which numbers somewhere between 50 to 60,000 most of the americans serving are not troops, they are civilian advisers, so i do think that if we are going to make ao big, and legitimately a big set of criticisms about what didn't oappen in rwanda that
the question though is not dissimilar from what we faced in rwanda. who will send the troops, and the african unef policy certain number of trips. we have not exactly committed numbers of troops and the whole question is who will sit in the troops. i may go on a minute about this because i teach a course at the university georgetown called the national security toolbox and we have looked at a whole host of ways that policy has carried out. and yesterday i was lecturing on the role of...
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in the case of rwanda, if they say that some of the rwanda military was supporting the m-23 movement, that would not be with the authority or the knowledge even of president kagami himself and his administration. i just want to make sure to clarify that and also to mention the area of goma that the senator from illinois' talking about is something a lot of people are not -- they don't understand what that is. goma is in the far eastern part of canning goal. the capital is kinshasa. it is further from kinshasa to goma than it is, of course, all the way across this country twice. so you're talking about an area where there is really not much control. it happens that the person is robert robera, parliamentary robera is the one who's responsible for that year. but the way it's worked in there, they really don't have any control over there. this is a rebel movement. the reason i say that i believe and i've always believed that there is a relationship between the l.r.a. and the m-23 is because i was over there when the l.r.a. had just left. we were hoping to be there at the same time. a mat
in the case of rwanda, if they say that some of the rwanda military was supporting the m-23 movement, that would not be with the authority or the knowledge even of president kagami himself and his administration. i just want to make sure to clarify that and also to mention the area of goma that the senator from illinois' talking about is something a lot of people are not -- they don't understand what that is. goma is in the far eastern part of canning goal. the capital is kinshasa. it is...
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, and i was working in rwanda in 1995, a couple months after the genocide where you remember between 800,000 to a million people killed. .. you created a shelter for yourself. you are healthier than so many others. you grab food and water when it's given out, hiding some away for when the supply runs dry. one day as you lie in the shadows of the blue tarp you hear a sound. you roll over and press your hands against your ears, about the sound reaches you still. a little child crying. you rise and leave the comfort of the shade in front of your shelter stand two little boys. they're barely clothed and the tears leave trails on their faces. they stand with their mouths open like baby birds scared. you could take them in your shelter and share. you could dry their tears, give them sips of water and they're not injured. but you have yourself to worry about, too. and everything you give to them is something you take from yourself. if you don't offer, they might find help elsewhere or they might die. the sun beats down hard. they stand and look at you. you could yell at them, scare them awa
, and i was working in rwanda in 1995, a couple months after the genocide where you remember between 800,000 to a million people killed. .. you created a shelter for yourself. you are healthier than so many others. you grab food and water when it's given out, hiding some away for when the supply runs dry. one day as you lie in the shadows of the blue tarp you hear a sound. you roll over and press your hands against your ears, about the sound reaches you still. a little child crying. you rise...
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in southwestern rwanda and living with three nones. to say yourself her biggest fan is an understatement. >> it is? [laughter] she had been taken caring of him. i wonder what [inaudible] you would speak to the [inaudible] or my sister either in words of encouragement or what would you say to him about his future? thanks to united states and leadership in this room and coalition with the liberal democrat are increasing their budget. it's amazing. and so i would say to the future child in jeopardy depending on if we can get more countries to follow the lead of the united states and just mentioned britain. it's not just enough to save the child's life, you want to make sure that child has an education. girl's education is the most. that's the, i mean, it's a course term that's the greatest return on insexment -- investment. women transform the land scape of poverty quicker than men. it's not just a single, you know, globe health. it's agricultural making sure farmers can deal with difficult climatic conditions. you have seen what happened
in southwestern rwanda and living with three nones. to say yourself her biggest fan is an understatement. >> it is? [laughter] she had been taken caring of him. i wonder what [inaudible] you would speak to the [inaudible] or my sister either in words of encouragement or what would you say to him about his future? thanks to united states and leadership in this room and coalition with the liberal democrat are increasing their budget. it's amazing. and so i would say to the future child in...
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have we been told by the aggressors, populated the human landscape says germany, rwanda, the sudan and the middle east, to name just a few of the most glaring examples. in reading smith's analysis of this language in thinking about the human tendency to treat groups of people, not as people, but as animals. one wonders if there is any other species that needs to make its enemies not only class i or comet that would seem to be the law of the jungle is aware, are categorically different as well. we can certainly see this radical dehumanization inerrant history. black slaves are not only that they are, but were fundamentally different than their white slave owners. never remaining wholly in the realm of either philosophy or psychology, but i was training samples from her experience in the world, smith argues that they want to overcome our tendons used to dehumanize, which lead to atrocities and genocide, we must look these tendencies square in the face. we must study down honestly, openly, in order to control them. "less than human" has garnered lavish praise from scholars. in the evoluti
have we been told by the aggressors, populated the human landscape says germany, rwanda, the sudan and the middle east, to name just a few of the most glaring examples. in reading smith's analysis of this language in thinking about the human tendency to treat groups of people, not as people, but as animals. one wonders if there is any other species that needs to make its enemies not only class i or comet that would seem to be the law of the jungle is aware, are categorically different as well....
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. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people perished. >> right. i'll read it here. over a period of about 100 days commencing on april 6, 1994, an estimated 800,000 women, children and men -- most of tutsi identity -- were massacred. that averages 8,000 murders per day. the killings were planned by the top rwandan government, military, business leaders and carried out by thousands of machete-carrying hutu. it was a phenomenon that was unimagined at the time and remains almost surreal to this day. if anyone had speculated prior to the genocide that such a daily low-tech killing rate
. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people...
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take a look what's going on in rwanda. you have a community-based program, two-year retention 92% with 98 percent tested at two years had suppressed viral loads. similar results in bots wan a that. extending the intervention what about prevention? combination hiv prevention the message to this is prevention is not dimension fall. we all know that. terrorist a combination of comprehensive on the lower level of the wilding blocks are interventions that are not necessarily biological driven. we were implementing them before we knew there was a virus. as the years went by, science lead us. some examples prevention of mother to child transmission. the breakthrough study of o76 indicating by treating the mother you can actually decrees dramatically now. now we treat mothers for the disease and together with the mother's help the baby is born uninfected. in the united states this is transformed what you see now on the red bars the estimated number of hiv infected ininfants. remember what mayor said last night, in this city with h
take a look what's going on in rwanda. you have a community-based program, two-year retention 92% with 98 percent tested at two years had suppressed viral loads. similar results in bots wan a that. extending the intervention what about prevention? combination hiv prevention the message to this is prevention is not dimension fall. we all know that. terrorist a combination of comprehensive on the lower level of the wilding blocks are interventions that are not necessarily biological driven. we...
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china, rwanda announced intents to implement treatment as prevention at scale. we are working with a government of swaziland and the prevalence is 26%. i've been really impressed with the leadership and foresight there. they know this is the only way they're going to achieve their goals, and they are focused, therefore, on how to do it, not whether to do it. mulawi has severe resource constraints where i have the honor of doing economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant women on treatment immediately for life. they didn't wait to figure out how to do it or how they were going to pay for it. they made a commitment, and i believe the president banda showed wisdom and strength in doing it, and we should all be grateful to her because -- [applause] because now every one of you can say if they are not waiting, how can the rest of us wait? [applause] you may think this is naive, but it's happened over and over. this is one of those, if you build it, they will come. if you scale it up, and it works, the money will be there to fund it. [applause] we alask
china, rwanda announced intents to implement treatment as prevention at scale. we are working with a government of swaziland and the prevalence is 26%. i've been really impressed with the leadership and foresight there. they know this is the only way they're going to achieve their goals, and they are focused, therefore, on how to do it, not whether to do it. mulawi has severe resource constraints where i have the honor of doing economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant women on...
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china, rwanda have announced their treatment has prevention at scale. we are working with that government in our foundation the prevalence is up out 26%. i have been really impressed by the leadership and foresight. they know this is the only way they are going to achieve their goal and their focus their for on how to do it, not whether to do it. malawi is a country with very severe resource constraints, where i also had the honor of doing a lot of economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant woman on treatment immediately for life. they didn't wait to figure out how to do it or how they were going to pay for it. they made a commitment and i believe the president showed wisdom and strength in doing it and we should all be grateful to her because -- [applause] because now everyone of you can say if mali isn't waiting, how can the rest of us we? [applause] you might think this is my eve but i've seen it over and over again. if we build it they will come. a few skilled of the and it works, the money will be there to fund it. [applause] we also
china, rwanda have announced their treatment has prevention at scale. we are working with that government in our foundation the prevalence is up out 26%. i have been really impressed by the leadership and foresight. they know this is the only way they are going to achieve their goal and their focus their for on how to do it, not whether to do it. malawi is a country with very severe resource constraints, where i also had the honor of doing a lot of economic work. they made the decision to put...
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in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and the report on bosnia and rwanda in particular, the overwhelming reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these things, we have to start to consider context. it's important. in somalia, president bush father thinking thousands of soldiers to feed hungry civilians. it was incredible initiative. it he was. they did whatever they could. of course sometimes you have food warehouses, but h
in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and the report on bosnia and rwanda in particular, the overwhelming reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these things, we have to start to consider context. it's important. in somalia, president bush father thinking thousands of soldiers to feed hungry civilians. it was incredible initiative. it he was. they did whatever they could. of course sometimes you have food warehouses, but h
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i know that there has been a report on this fairly recently the was brought together on rwanda. >> let's talk about what we've developed as tools from this experience. number one, international tribunals. the possibility that you could localize responsibility and a few key leaders. and milosevic went to the tribunal we didn't end of occupying belgrade, and it shows that there are other ways to respond to international criminal abuses. the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did in dayton and in the third is the concept of atrocities prevention, which madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did was to bring this forward the president has now signed a directive on the prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally, democracy building as a longer-term antidote, the community of democracies and other kinds of devices. so, these were horrible the episodes but i think what it did is triggered structural change which is one of the hardest things to get in the human rights area. >> i agree w
i know that there has been a report on this fairly recently the was brought together on rwanda. >> let's talk about what we've developed as tools from this experience. number one, international tribunals. the possibility that you could localize responsibility and a few key leaders. and milosevic went to the tribunal we didn't end of occupying belgrade, and it shows that there are other ways to respond to international criminal abuses. the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force...
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having to go through rwanda, boss bosnia and somalia. what would a international community do to ensure we stop such strategy. we don't accept it without reaction. and then came closet kosovo -- [inaudible] on the crisis. the question of use of force to protect the people came up, the counsel didn't have to approve it because the countries that were prepared to go in knew if they went to the counsel, it may be vetoed. in the way after the action, there was a vote, an indirect vote, which given twelve votes, if i recall which indicated there was a -- [inaudible] and i was challenged as secretary general how can you support use of the force without a security counsel approval? and i made it clear that there are times when exceptions, there are times when you have to put force of the service and peace kosovo was one of those. there was no way the international community could have sat back knowing what [inaudible] had done in bosnia and sit back and allow them to repeat in kosovo. what justification would we have had? i've also had the oppo
having to go through rwanda, boss bosnia and somalia. what would a international community do to ensure we stop such strategy. we don't accept it without reaction. and then came closet kosovo -- [inaudible] on the crisis. the question of use of force to protect the people came up, the counsel didn't have to approve it because the countries that were prepared to go in knew if they went to the counsel, it may be vetoed. in the way after the action, there was a vote, an indirect vote, which given...
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perhaps we can fashion the future with no more rwanda, no more auschwitz, no more hiroshimas. so to strike a somber note i would like to remind you sitting here enjoying this event that halfway around the world there is a genocide of attrition going on in sudan and that genocide is being fuelled by immunization and i will not go into it more, but those of interested can speak to my dear colleague who is the founder and the african freedom coalition and i will have some literature on the table in the reception after the ceremony so let me read. the demonization of african-americans did not end with the creation of the new nation in 1776 or was the abolition of slavery in 1865. books and pamphlets published during the latter part of the 20th century east continue to assert they were during the 19th century the new discipline of anthropology gave this racist ideology of the respectability some like the british surgeons of the harvard geologist and the philadelphia position where people who believe each race involve independently the others and therefore they were separate species
perhaps we can fashion the future with no more rwanda, no more auschwitz, no more hiroshimas. so to strike a somber note i would like to remind you sitting here enjoying this event that halfway around the world there is a genocide of attrition going on in sudan and that genocide is being fuelled by immunization and i will not go into it more, but those of interested can speak to my dear colleague who is the founder and the african freedom coalition and i will have some literature on the table...
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but they killed that child just like to do in the congo in rwanda and in bosnia. they made child soldiers. we have been in l.a. we have slavery in l.a. and if we don't begin to understand invisible l.a. we will not be able to help the people trapped in these gang zones, trapping him in sex trafficking. i know i'm not making any this overwhelming, but i'm tired of doing this for just the collings i had. i need the public to understand it's not overwhelming. we can fix this stuff. if we could fix lapd we can fix anything. and now is the time to turn to the county because there $24 billion over my internet doing what they need to do with it. the county is overwhelming. if lapd was matt wilson, the county is -- you can still climb k2. it takes a whole lot more. i just, i think i'm missing the few genes that i just don't get overwhelmed. and often because i don't know enough about why i can't do it i end up achieving it because i just don't look at it that way. so look at this problem as overwhelming. notice they turn up about our intellectual property, i don't have to
but they killed that child just like to do in the congo in rwanda and in bosnia. they made child soldiers. we have been in l.a. we have slavery in l.a. and if we don't begin to understand invisible l.a. we will not be able to help the people trapped in these gang zones, trapping him in sex trafficking. i know i'm not making any this overwhelming, but i'm tired of doing this for just the collings i had. i need the public to understand it's not overwhelming. we can fix this stuff. if we could fix...
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internet, and, for instance, the media i work for was created four years ago by people coming from rwanda. at the beginning, anybody was laughing, like, ha, ha, they are just trying to trend and venture younger on the internet, but i think it's different story because they created an up vest -- investigative website, so that is a major perk, and their whole thing was to say we're not advertising because we want to be independent so we only depend on subscriptions. today, we have 60,000 subscribers allowing us to have a 40-people team and 27 reporters and investigate heavy cases. what i'm saying is that an example of council power in a way is the combination of internet with no advertising, and, you know, people who can be enough to devote time to investigations. it's simple. it's not a model. i think stuff like this, other examples happen so that makes me a little optimistic. >> yeah, if i could jump in, i'll offer as well a more positive and more negative critical view of the internet. i mean, starting with the negative, we just to make a little bit of money, we like so many joined googl
internet, and, for instance, the media i work for was created four years ago by people coming from rwanda. at the beginning, anybody was laughing, like, ha, ha, they are just trying to trend and venture younger on the internet, but i think it's different story because they created an up vest -- investigative website, so that is a major perk, and their whole thing was to say we're not advertising because we want to be independent so we only depend on subscriptions. today, we have 60,000...
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government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a free country partner, rwanda. the list is a very long and the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report to the printer and on to the president of everything that has been happening in all of the various aspects in this dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his attention that has translated this idea into a very important reality for both of the country's. >> thank you, psychiatry clinton. it is always a pleasure for me to come back to washington dc. because it is in this city that i spent a couple of years of my interest in introduction into american politics. some of the great americans who have led this country subsequently in the subsequent years, and it is always an added pleasure for me personally to meet with secretary clinton i always derives so much comfort and so much of if i may say so, secretary clinton. three years back we start on this journey of the strategic relationship, and this we are representing our two great countries and let me convey that we had
government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a free country partner, rwanda. the list is a very long and the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report to the printer and on to the president of everything that has been happening in all of the various aspects in this dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his attention that has translated this idea into a very important reality for both of the country's. >> thank...
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if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to have to accept. these are wars and certainly with iraq and afghanistan, so present in our experience, in our database views are wars that are fought among the people, among innocent people. often found in urbanized terrain or towns in rural villages that brutalize their technological advantages in with the west choosing an increasingly legalistic structure to greater reparations, what we deem permissible in combat is more and more limited. meanwhile, our enemies open a popular coleader aperture for what constitutes a legitimate target or a legitimate tactic. i am not so sure that whether it i
if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to...
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actually 4000 megawatts of generation capacity, which is the combined demand today of kenya, uganda, and rwanda. there's huge potential for energy efficiency and energy savings that can kill a lot of the power that we need in cleaner ways. let me address very briefly the productive potential of power. in addition to the daily task of lighting, opening of productive potential is very important in developing countries people in the rural areas use now electricity mostly for lighting, for cell phone charging now more and more, and for other simpler basic purposes. that there is a lot of productive potential as a centerpoint ethic and drive economic growth, economic development, and this is why not just for lighting but for other productive purpose is very important that you will also unleash a lot of human potential in these countries, and raising in this issue about raising carbon emissions with electricity also has to be put in the right context. let me take the case of vietnam. when vietnam, when you see in the early 1980s, it had about 40% of the electrification. and people living in rural vie
actually 4000 megawatts of generation capacity, which is the combined demand today of kenya, uganda, and rwanda. there's huge potential for energy efficiency and energy savings that can kill a lot of the power that we need in cleaner ways. let me address very briefly the productive potential of power. in addition to the daily task of lighting, opening of productive potential is very important in developing countries people in the rural areas use now electricity mostly for lighting, for cell...
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there are reporters that want to believe, let's say there's a genocide in rwanda, but their megaphone will become big enough that they can do a story. look at andersen cooper's coverage of the bp spoke, for example. they go down there and he can change the news by getting people to focus and that's what she meant. but the breakup in 1862 -- 1962, we'll focus on nasa and it's a very important point when marwan after joe mccarthy and the fate deese, steady eddie, walter cronkite, not wanting to make waves that be mr. sadr, focused on military aviation and pro-missiles. the name soviet unions, for america. so he became the voice. john glenn, alan shepard. so even as vietnam or subarray, how the space program unified americans was very key to what he was able to do. c-span: do quote in cbs news, and the kennedy story generated excellent ratings for the knackered. he wanted to ride on the kennedy coattails. how much of this was a ratings ploy? >> guest: what i document in the book is the first of tv news and how it affects all of our lives. eisenhower wasn't great ratings. he didn't do gre
there are reporters that want to believe, let's say there's a genocide in rwanda, but their megaphone will become big enough that they can do a story. look at andersen cooper's coverage of the bp spoke, for example. they go down there and he can change the news by getting people to focus and that's what she meant. but the breakup in 1862 -- 1962, we'll focus on nasa and it's a very important point when marwan after joe mccarthy and the fate deese, steady eddie, walter cronkite, not wanting to...
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rwanda? libya? syria? venezuela? bangladesh? in the absence of a clear determination by our time-honored constitutional process, who should decide where our young men and women in our national -- and our national treasure should be risked? some of these endeavors may be justified, some may not, but the most important point to be made is that in our system, no one person should have the power to inject the united states military and the prestige of our nation into such circumstances. our constitution was founded upon this hesitation. we inherited our system from great britain but we adapted and changed it for a reason. one of our strongest adjustments from the british system was to ensure that no one person would have the power to commit the nation to military schemes that could not be justified by the interests and the security of the average citizen. president after president, beginning with george washington, have emphasized the importance of this fundamental principle to the stability of our political system and to the integr
rwanda? libya? syria? venezuela? bangladesh? in the absence of a clear determination by our time-honored constitutional process, who should decide where our young men and women in our national -- and our national treasure should be risked? some of these endeavors may be justified, some may not, but the most important point to be made is that in our system, no one person should have the power to inject the united states military and the prestige of our nation into such circumstances. our...
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, kosovo, and afghanistan, as well as the israeli-palestinian conflict and genocide the genocide in rwanda. in 2001, she reported from egypt as well as libya. her journalism has won several prizes, including an emmy and recognition from amnesty international. please join me in welcoming journalists and author, lindsey hilsum. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> okay. now we can chat. lindsay, let's start with you talking about your reporting trips to the region last year. tell us about how you were able to navigate the country, how sources cooperated with the organ, and about the general mood of the people that you observed and interacted with them. i would just like to add, in addition to providing a compelling narrative on the history of libya, which he has done is we've and profiles of libyans, both who had been in the country all along, and some who have returned to libya , to help us better understand how the revolution had an impact on ordinary people. >> thank you very much for coming. chicago is an amazing place, and it does feel like a very long way from tripoli. lester, the arab
, kosovo, and afghanistan, as well as the israeli-palestinian conflict and genocide the genocide in rwanda. in 2001, she reported from egypt as well as libya. her journalism has won several prizes, including an emmy and recognition from amnesty international. please join me in welcoming journalists and author, lindsey hilsum. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> okay. now we can chat. lindsay, let's start with you talking about your reporting trips to the region last year. tell us about...